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This was a serious vertical of seriously mature Taylor’s Port, 1878 to 1948, on Monday 13^th October 2025 at Noble Rot, Mayfair, as arranged by Alex Bridgeman of BFT fame.

Links:

• Review of the event as a whole;
• 1878 Taylor (AHB);
• 1884 Taylor (MSC+TC);
• 1890 Taylor (AHB);
• 1896 Taylor (MJRM);
• 1900 Taylor (AHB);
• 1908 Taylor (CEM);
• 1912 Taylor (CEM);
• 1917 Taylor (AHB);
• 1920 Taylor (AHB);
• 1924 Taylor (MJRM);
• 1927 Taylor (TC);
• 1935 Taylor (CPR);
• 1942 Taylor (MSC);
• 1945 Taylor (HTWH);
• 1948 Taylor (NAC);
• Planning and arangements;
• Placemats.

Acquired as lot 349 from Straker’s sale on 24 April 2010.

T17, orange, 10% opaque. Thin, bitter, but good length.

Red old fruit, good balance but a little bit of bitterness in the short finish. Good

1917 Taylor. Audouzed for 2 hours before being decante. Lighter on the nose than the 1912 but showing gentle fruit and a lot of alcohol. Sweet but delicate entry with some lovely red jellied fruit and a gentle hint of tannins, but on the mid-palate this dries out quite quickly. But the aftertaste surges back to deliver a glorious redcurrant and impressive, lingering fruit focused finish. Really rather nice and drinking beautifully. 91/100. Decanted 90 minutes when tasted.